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The brief, decisive war with Spain transformed the United States into a two-ocean empire. In addition to occupying Cuba, Washington annexed Puerto Rico and Hawaii and seized control of Guam and the Philippines.
Cuba did not become a US colony, or at least not in the way that the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico did.However, the US did install a pro-American government in Cuba, and â¦ the US Navy maintained a base at Guantanamo Bay.he US entered the Spanish American War because: - The US had investments in Cuba and the fighting between the Cubans and the Spanish was ruining the economy. - The American p â¦ eople sympathized with the Cubans' desire for independence from Spain.